While sitting at my desk this morning with my morning cup of coffee, I saw a flash out of the corner of my eye coming from our front yard. There were two young deer wandering past my window heading for our back yard. I tried to quietly go out on our back deck to take …
Day 212 – Bromeliad
I have another bromeliad that is blooming and thought I would try photograph it before it shrivels up and dies. They don't bloom very often so you have to catch it while you can. I'm also adding a couple of photos of the fawns. The quality isn't very good - they were taken hand held …
Day 211 – A Golden Haze
The last few days we've had a slight haze in the air. I don't know of any fires in the area so I don't know what is causing it. But it does create a beautiful golden glow to the sky just after sunset. I've been taking my camera along with me on my evening walks …
Day 209 – Heartbroken
If there's one thing people should know about me it is that I have a very soft heart when it comes to animals. I was devastated when my little Bichon Frise 'Nicky' died several years ago at the ripe old age of 17. We adopted a cat from the Humane Society and later found out …
Day 172 – Why I love living in Bend, Oregon
One of the things that I love about living where I do, is the nature and wildlife living among us in the city. We are not a large city - population is about 85,000 - but we continuously have wild visitors right in the city. At our house, we have regular visits from deer, skunks, raccoon, …
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